Week 2 Assignment Quizes Flashcards

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In the process of conducting a literature review, the nurse researcher is using studies written by the researchers who conducted the studies. This type of information source is known as:

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Primary

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When conducting a literature review, it is important to locate relevant studies. One bibliographic database that is particularly helpful to nurse researchers is CINAHL:

True or false

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True

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The primary purpose of a research literal review is: Select all that apply

Construct a conceptual framework

Develop recommendations for future research

Suggest appropriate research methods

Collect data about target population

Assist in developing the research question

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Construct a conceptual framework

Suggest appropriate research methods

Assist in developing the research question

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Derek is considering where he will search for literature. Given his research question he identifies Medline as the best place to start. Which stage of the literature review process does this represent

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Devise search strategy

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Molly keeps detailed notes to track her literature review process. She uses a note to capture a running bibliography of the papers she retrieves. Which stage of the literature review process does this step represent?

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Document search decisions and actions

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After Sandra read the full text of each source, she asked details about relevant articles to the matrix the process helps her pool out the most important details from the article, including the findings in her own personal reading the article. Which stage of the literature review process does this represent??

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Abstract

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Sophia uses Boolean operators in wildcard character is to expand her search results as she navigates each database. Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?

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Search for identify and retrieve potential primary source materials

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Diana looks across all of the research she’s reviewed and considers questions such as, what is the pattern of evidence?, How much evidence is there?, And what type of people or settings does this evidence apply?.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?

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Evaluate and analyze studies

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A nurse is completing a literature review. The nurse has several ideas for a focus, but has not nail down a specific topic to examine. Which step would be most helpful to follow this stage of the process?

Review abstracts for articles

Retrieve and print source materials

Screen and read articles

Formulate a clear research question

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Formulate a clear research question

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When beginning a literature search for relevant evidence, the researcher select status basis to review. Which database is most likely to include nursing studies?

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CINAHL

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A nurse is looking across all of the studies review today and ask questions such as what is the pattern of evidence, how much evidence is there, how consistent is the evidence? The nurses and what stage of the literature review process?

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Evaluate and analyze the studies

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When conducting a research literature search, which activity is the most reliable way to identify new scholarly references?

Review materials and commercial websites

Change topics and use new key terms.

No relevance citations in the article is being reviewed.

Search novel Internet websites for up-to-date information.

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Not relevant citations in the article is being reviewed.

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A nurse is trying to produce the best search results possible using keyword searches. What is an appropriate tip to provide in order to achieve this goal? Select all that apply:

Create an abstract

Use wildcard characters

Create a presentation to summarize results

Analyze and evaluate studies

Use Boolean Logic (example: and/or operators)

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Use wildcard characters

Use Boolean Logic

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Once the nurse research your house devised a search strategy and retrieved potential primary source materials, the next step is to discard irrelevant or inappropriate references. True or false

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False

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A nurse researcher is interested in finding information about pancreatic cancer on an electronic database. One of the first task she must undertake to begin the database search for the desired information is:

Identify references

Document search decisions

Select key words

Read study abstracts

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Select keywords

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The Medline database uses a vocabulary called MeSH to index articles. True or false

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True

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After entering a keyword into the Medline database, the search results yielded 10,100 results one method to restrict search results is to use a:

Different database

Boolean operators

New research question

Mapping

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Boolean Operators

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Sophia was instructed to use pub med as her database for literature search what should Sophia’s next step be?

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She should devise a search strategy

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What a nurse contacts a literature search, what is the advantage of having a well-thought-out search strategy? Select all that apply

Locate a large number of general references

Expand the scope of the search

Locates more relevant and useful resources

Decreases frustration

Saves time

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Locates more relevant and useful resources

Decreases frustration

Saves time

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A researcher has narrowed a search of electronica data bases to 15 potential references. Which action in the screening process would be the most appropriate next step and identifying useful articles?

Evaluating search terms

Reading the reports in their entirety

Reviewing the abstracts

Comparing databases for duplicate referenced reports

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Reading the reports in their entirety

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When the nurse searches for the nursing topics, what electronica data base includes the most nursing literature

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CINAHL

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A researcher begins the searching process by entering key terms. The search shields over 180 potential articles. Which action in the screening process would be the most appropriate next step and identifying useful articles?

Read the abstract of each article to narrow down the number of articles

Review some of the studies for alternate keywords

Identify mesh terms in making keywords more specific

Leave out keywords in the neck search phrase

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Identify mesh terms and making keywords more specific

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In conducting a subject Search in an electronica database, the nurse would most likely initiate the search by typing in:

A research design

And authors name

A keyword or phrase

The name of a journal

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A key word or phrase

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Which of the following are major components of a research report using the I MRAD format? Select all that apply

Introduction

Results

Analysis

Discussion

Methods

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Everything except analysis

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What are the features of a well written research question? Select all that apply Specifies the study population Appropriately worded Includes multiple dependent variables Clearly and concisely stated Identify key variables
Everything except includes multiple dependent variables
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Which element is least likely to affect evidence quality in a research study? Data analysis methods Handling of ethical concerns Research design Sampling methods
Handling of ethical concerns
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Problem statement
Describes the need for the study, such as a gap and knowledge
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Statement of purpose
Summary of the study goals
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Research question
Specific inquiry that the researcher wants to answer
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Hypothesis
Predictions that the researchers are testing
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Research Ames
Specific objectives of the study is to Accomplish
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Which research hypothesis is stated most appropriately: Night Shift increases odds of medication administration errors with ICU patients Nurse to patient ratio is negatively associated with psychiatric patient outcomes Pre-operative clinic visit is positively correlated with postoperative infection rates. Nursing experience is related to higher rates of burn out and fatigue
The Night Shift one
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Which of the following is a feature of a well written research problem statement? It is entangled in the literature review. It builds a persuasive argument. It is insignificant to nursing. It contrasts with the research method.
It builds a persuasive argument
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Which of the following is the best title for a research study article? The comparison of two recovery room warring methods for hypothermia patients who had undergone spinal surgery Intervention study of radiant warmers in warm cotton blankets to rewarm postoperative hypothermia patients. Effectiveness of radiant warmers versus warm cotton blankets and post operative spinal surgery patients with hypothermia Study trial of methods to treat postoperative hypothermia in spinal surgery patients
Effectiveness of radiant warmers...
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In 2019 research study of a mindfulness intervention included a literature review of predominantly original research reports from 2012 through 2016 that indicates a gap of nursing knowledge at a richer review met which of the following criteria? It is a comprehensive synthesis of evidence It justifies the need for a new study It is considered up-to-date It is based mainly on primary sources
It consist mainly of primary sources
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Descriptive theories are deducted and describe the characteristics of individuals or groups by summarizing there commonalities. True or false
false
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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is an example of a middle range nursing theory developed by a nurse to describe the phenomenon of interest and nurses
False
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A healthcare system is interested in improving health promoting activities for its employees. The research team is investigating a theoretical model to serve as a basis for conducting a study to determine factors that affect health promoting activities in healthcare workers which Siri would be best to use it conducting the study? Orem’s self care theory Uncertainty in illness theory Social cognitive theory Health promotion model
Health promotion model
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A nurse researcher wants to determine whether there is a relationship between levels of anxiety and blood pressure in a population of men between the ages of 40 and 60 years. Which theory with the researcher used to support this study? Predictive Middle range Explanatory Descriptive
Explanatory
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If theoretical framework is made up of…
Is made up of a number of interrelated statements that attempt to describe, explain, or predict a phenomenon. It is brighter than hypothesis, a rationale for design, or a statement of clinical significance.
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Which theory used in nursing assumes that Carative consist of curative factors and can only be affectively demonstrated interpersonally?
Jean Watson’s theory of caring
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What is the name of the theory that stands on the premise that there are similarities and experiencing different symptoms among different groups and in different situations?
Theory of unpleasant symptoms
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Which theory focuses on making sense of system characteristics to create a common framework that has meaning across multiple disciplines
General systems theory
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Which theory six to explain human motivation using a hierarchy of needs, stating that the most basic of human needs must be met before higher level needs to reach?
Maslow’s theory
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Which theory rest on the assumption that people are distinct individuals that should be self-reliant and responsible for their own care and, when needed, the care of others and their family?
Orem’s self-care Theory
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A researcher studies the effect of therapeutic mattress on the incidence of pressure ulcers in debilitated clients. What type of Theory would does research draw from?
Predictive theory
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A nurse studies how theoretical frameworks relate to research. What factor is part of a theoretical framework? Plan for searching the literature on the topic Description of the statistical analysis that will be done Proposed relationships between the variables in a study design Operational definition of how the variables will be measured
Close relationships between the variables in a study design
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A researcher studies a theory about the grieving process which identifies its major elements or events. What type of theory would this be?
Descriptive theory
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When studying caring in nursing focusing on the caring between the tires and the client which theories will be the most interest of the researcher?
Jean Watsons theory
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A researcher explores how social support is related to health in older adults. What type of theory would this issue relate to?
Explanatory Theory
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The nurse recognizes that a high-quality literature review any research study should contain which of the following? Select all that apply Clearly developed ideas Source is not more than five years old Paraphrased idea Lengthy quotes from the literature Sources that include newspaper editorials
Paraphrased ideas
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Caleb the staff nurse is preparing to write a literature review about the causes of medication errors. Which of the following is important for Caleb to incorporate as he writes a literature review? Including as many studies as possible to prove the hypothesis Using money direct quotes to convey ideas Including unbiased studies that offer conflicting evidence Describing each study in detail
Including conflicting studies
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The staff nurse performed a literature search for evidence-based articles related to causes of medication errors. Which of the following actions would he take to determine the relevance of the articles he found? Using articles found exclusively in the CINAHL database Reading the article abstract Contrasting the Medline database in the CINAHL database Evaluating the Boolean operators to locate the articles
Reading the article abstract
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A researcher designs a study to explore coping behaviors in caring for patients with serious diagnoses. Which theory would best fit this research design?
Middle Range Theory
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After reading the article suggested by a coworker the nurse from the video recognizes that which of the statements concerning frameworks are true. Select all that apply If theoretical framework is the same as a conceptual framework Frameworks are usually clearly stated in quantitative studies All studies have a framework Frameworks maybe implicit or explicit Frameworks are implicit in quality of studies
I’ll studies have a framework Frameworks maybe and put in a explicit
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A researcher hypothesized that students transferred classroom material to clinical practice when they determined that the classroom material was useful. Knowles adult learning theory was used as the theoretical framework for the study. The researchers study does one in relation to Knowles theory?
Supports the theory
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A nurse is reading an article on models in theories in nursing research. The nurse with a bachelor of science in nursing understands the both models in theories are: Highly structured Helpful and that they use concrete examples to explain phenomena Useful in Generating hypotheses Represented by concept maps
Useful in generating hypothesis